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Academy M113A2
HazZaRd
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Joined: May 25, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 01:44 PM UTC
hello
this is my first post and i want to show my academy m113a2
its the academy m113a2 kit and some stuff out of my spare box
and printable boxes by heavy arty and Urutu 'thanks guys'
it wil come on a base with some figures but that in the made
hope you guys like it
pics:







sorry for bad pics but this are some of the irst pics that i made of a model
blackeast19
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: February 22, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 02:48 PM UTC
Hi there,

I loved the way you weathered the tracks and roadwheels. Could you share how you did it?
And scrawling on the gun hatch looks really real!

Well done there, cheers!
seb43
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Paris, France
Joined: August 30, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 02:50 PM UTC
Dear Gijs
Welcome to the big A
Nice model sorry for the blurry pictures
Seems zou are on the good way
Cheers
seb
HazZaRd
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Joined: May 25, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 03:20 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi there,

I loved the way you weathered the tracks and roadwheels. Could you share how you did it?
And scrawling on the gun hatch looks really real!

Well done there, cheers!



hey

for the tracks i painted/airbrushed them first black than i did some light brushing with oil paint burnt sienna til it looks a bit like rust and then weathered with pigments 'light dust'

for the road wheels i did a wash with black than i added some pigments 'light dust' and after that i did some weathering with tamiya's weathering master sand

bison126
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Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 11:49 PM UTC
Hi Gijs,
it's a good start but I would correct some points to get it better.

The tracks should lie on the roadwheels (just due to gravity). You can glue the upper portion or fix some bits of pin in the hull to keep them in the right location.

You have forgotten to paint the headlights. Not hard to fix.
The way you painted the vision blocks is not the best. You could try a gloss black base with some layers of transparent blue or gloss varnish with a drop of blue in it.

Try to remove the seams on the jerrycans holding on the side.

The rest of it is fine. The overall color looks convincing and I like very much the Olive Drab weapon shield.

HTH
Olivier
HazZaRd
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 12:38 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Gijs,
it's a good start but I would correct some points to get it better.

The tracks should lie on the roadwheels (just due to gravity). You can glue the upper portion or fix some bits of pin in the hull to keep them in the right location.

You have forgotten to paint the headlights. Not hard to fix.
The way you painted the vision blocks is not the best. You could try a gloss black base with some layers of transparent blue or gloss varnish with a drop of blue in it.

Try to remove the seams on the jerrycans holding on the side.

The rest of it is fine. The overall color looks convincing and I like very much the Olive Drab weapon shield.

HTH
Olivier



hey

that for comments
i wil try to correct the thing you said and will post some pics when its ready.

,Gijs
c6o
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New York, United States
Joined: January 18, 2004
KitMaker: 64 posts
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Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 05:34 PM UTC
greetings,
track tension too tight-on actual vehicle if memory serves me-1/4" clearance between bottom of track and top of #2 road wheel. my info might be dated-last time i checked trck. clearance was a decade ago.
cheers
c6o
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